Horse-collar attachment



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HORSE COLLAR ATTAGHMENT.

No. 331,348. Patented Dec. 1', 1885 1254.

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HORSE COLLAR ATTACHMENT.

No. 331,348. Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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GARRETT VAN VVAGENEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HORSE-COLLAR ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,34c8, datedDecember 1, 18 Application filed April 13, 1885. Serial No. 162,145. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may cncern.-

Be it known that I, GARRETT VAN WAG- ENEN, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the UnitedStates, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-CollarAttachments, of which the following is a full description, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1 is a frontelevation; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3. a front elevation of one ofthe hames; Fig. i, an edge view of the same; Fig. 5, a detail, being afront View of the parts shown. Fig. 6 is a detail, being a section ofthe parts shown taken at linear of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a detail. Fig. 8 is adetail, being a section of the parts shown taken at line :0 of Fig. 2.Figs. 9 and 10 are details showing the metal plates for securing thehanies to the collar. Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the socket-piece,a movable part of one of the fastening devices being removed. Fig. 12 isan edge view of the socket-piece and fastening devices, part being insection. Fig. 13 is a detail. Fig. 14 is a detail, being a section atline a of Fig. 11. Fig. 15 is a detail, being a section at line y ofFig. 11. Fig. 16 is an end view of the parts shown. Fig. 17 is asideview of the same. Fig. 18 is a detail, being an edge view of part of D,and posts secured thereto. Fig. 19 is an under side view of the movableparts of one of the fastening devices. Fig. 20 is a horizontal sectionat line 00 of Fig. 12.

My invention is designed to be used with a stuffed horsecollar and itshaines. When the hames are buckled to a collar in the usual manner thelatter becomes unyielding, and it cannot adjust itself to the neck andshoulders of a horse while in motion; hence the weight of the draftcomes upon that part which is the most prominent at any given instant,which interferes with free action, and frequently results in injury tothe horse.

The object of my improvement is to provide an attachment forhorse-collars which will overcome the difficulty suggested, and allowthe collar to yield and adjust itself in use to the varying positions ofthe shoulder of the horse, and which can readily be adjusted to horsesof different sizes, which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings.

In the drawings, A A are two parts of a stuffed horse-collar, made inthe usual manner, except that it is divided at the lower end.

B B are the hanies, made as usual, except that each hame is, as shown,provided with three holes, a b c, at the line of draft. One end of thetug is to be connected with the haine by aring or other device passingthrough the hole a.

d e are two metal plates, two of which are riveted or bolted, one on theinside and the other on the outside of the small roll of each part ofthe collar, near the lower end. The plate 6 is provided with a number ofscrewthreaded holes to receive a set-screw, f, which passes through thelower end of the haine and secures it to the collar. The haine can beadjusted vertically by means of the said setscrew and screw-threadedholes in c.

O O are two irons formed substantially as shown in the drawings. Theupper end of each of these irons is loosely connected with one of thehaines. As shown, this is done by means of a staple, g, which passesthrough the holes a b and through holes in the iron 0, the ends of thestaples being secured by riveting. The staples do not iill the holes ab, and they must be so riveted to the irons G G that these irons willhave considerable freedom of movement at their points of attachment withthe haines. The lower end of each of these irons O O is provided with aseries of holes, 72.

. i is a metal slide, which serves the purpose of a stop, and isdesigned to be adjusted to the proper place for the horse with which thecollar is to be used, one on each iron 0 G, and be fastened in placeafter the adjustment has been made by means of set-screws.

D is a socket-piece having a deep socket, j, at each end, which socketsare adapted to receive the lower ends of the irons O G, which are madeto fit therein.

k are two posts, secured to the front side of the socket, and Z is a rodor bar connected to the upper ends of these posts.

m is a hollow post secured to the socket ove a hole therein.

n is a notch in one side of this post m. Fig. 14.)

E is a case open on one side.

0 is apin secured to the case, and arranged to enter the hole in thepost m, and pass into one of the holes in the end of the iron 0.

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p is a locking device or catch pivoted at r in the case E, and adaptedto enter the notch n in the post an.

s is an arm extending out from one side of 5 p, and its outer endprojecting through aslot, a, in the wall of the case E, as shown in Fig.19. The free end of this catch 19 enters a slot, t, in the end of thecase E.

u is a spring arranged to act upon the free end of the catch 1), to holdit in the notch it.

o is a pin or screw inserted and secured in one end of thecase after ithas been placed in position on the socket-piece D, this pin beingarranged to act as a stop to limit the upward movement of the case E byengaging with the rod or bar 1. Each side of the socket-piece D isprovided with the post 70, hollow post m, and case E, containing thelocking device 1).

In Fig. 11 one case is removed and the other is shown. In Fig. 12 onecase is shown in section and the other in elevation.

In use the lower end of each hame is to be secured to one part of thecollar by the plates d e and set-screw, as described, using also a strapat the upper ends of the hames, as usual. The lower ends of the irons OO are to be inserted in the socket-piece D, and when the cases E are inthe position shown in Fig. 12 the pin 0 in each case will pass throughone of the holes in the ends of the irons GO, and the locking devicepwill be in the notch it, and thus the lower ends of the irons O 0 willbe securely held in the sockets j.-

The collar can be removed from the horse with the other parts of theharness by pressing upon the arm 8 of the catch 10, releasing the catchfrom the notch 02, and then raising the case E, which will remove thepin 0 from engagement with the hole in the iron 0 or 0; then such ironcan be removed from its socket in D and the harness can be removed.

The posts k serve the purpose of guides for case E, and it can bereadily pushed down to its place, the catch sliding down over theoutside of the post in and automatically engaging with the notch n. Itis only necessary to operate one of the cases and locking devices toremove the harness.

1 This device can be readily adjusted to horses of different sizes,bringing theirons G O nearer together or farther apart and holding themby the pins 0. When the parts have been adjusted to a horse with whichthey are to be permanently used, the slides i, which serve the 5 5purpose of stops to limit the distance which the irons O 0 enter theirsockets, are to be secured in place upon these irons, which can be doneby set-screws. The hames can also be adjusted vertically, as beforedescribed.

With this device the collar adapts itself to the neck and shoulders ofthe horse at all times and in all positions, the two parts of the collarbeing free to move separately and in different directions, and thus thepressure upon the shoulders of the horse will be properly distributed,greatly facilitating the work, and tending to prevent injury.

This invention is an improvement on devices shown in Patent No. 169,933,to myself and M. D. Goble. That device is adapted for 7 use with a horsewhich it will fit; but as the distance between the two sides of thecurved bar (designated as O O in said patent) is always the same, it isnot feasible to adjust the same to horses which vary much in size. Mypresent improvement obviates this objection and has other advantages.

In the drawings I have shown a sweat-pad, b, which may or may not beused.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A socket-piece, D, in combination with two side pieces, 0 0, adaptedto be loosely secured at their upper ends to a pair of hames, and havingtheir lower ends adapted to enter sockets in the piece D, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. A socket-piece, D, provided with hollow posts m, in combination withtwo side pieces, 0 0, adapted to be loosely secured at their upper endsto a pair of hames, and having their lower ends provided with holes, andadapted to enter sockets in the piece D, and a case, E, provided with apin, 0, and a looking device to lock the case and pin to thesocket-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A collar made in two parts, A A, in combination with a pair of hames,the irons d e, and set-screw f, whereby the harness and collar aresecured together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A collar consisting of two parts, A A, in combination with a pair ofhames secured at their lower ends to the collar, two irons, O O, asocket-piece, D, and. devices for locking the irons O O to thesocket-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

GARRETT VAN VVAGENEN.

WVitnesses:

E. A. WEST, HARRY T. J oNEs.

